![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | [Logbook of the Almira (Ship) of Edgartown, Mass., mastered by Abraham Osborn Jr., on voyage from 8 Aug. 1864-4 Oct. 1868] - Almira (Ship)
Log, keeper unknown, relating to a whaling voyage to the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic Oceans; 1864 Aug. 10-1866 Nov. 1; Includes descriptions of types of whales and devilfishes (Mobulidae) seen or taken, death at sea, punishment on ship, and ships spoken to; and pencil sketches of whales and profile portraits. Other places represented include Faial Island, Flores, Fogo, Mocha Island, Talcahuano, Dominica, Honolulu, Marquesas Islands, and Hilo; Repository also has microfilm of t
Keywords: Osborn, Abraham, b. ca. 1799; Osborn, Abraham, b. ca. 1833; Mobulidae; Punishment; Seafaring life; Voyages and travels; Whalers (Persons); Whalers (Persons)--Death; Whales; Whaling--Massachusetts--Edgartown; Whaling masters; Arctic Ocean--Description and travel; Atlantic Ocean--Description and travel; Dominica--Description and travel; Faial Island (Azores)--Description and travel; Flores Island (Azores)--Description and travel; Fogo (Cape Verde)--Description and travel; Hilo (Hawaii)--Description and travel; Honolulu (Hawaii)--Description and travel; Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia)--Description and travel; Mocha Island (Chile)--Description and travel; Pacific Ocean--Description and travel; Talcahuano (Chile)--Description and travel; Logbooks; Profile portraits; Sketches
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| [Logbook of the Splendid (Ship), out of Edgartown, Mass.; mastered by James B. Huxford, on voyage from 11 Aug. 1862-11 Apr. 1867] - Splendid (Ship)
Log, keeper unknown, relating to a whaling voyage to the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic oceans; 1862 Aug. 11-1867 Apr. 10; Includes descriptions of whales (blackfish, blue, bowhead, finback, gray, humpback, killer, right, and sperm), and walrus seen or taken, death at sea, indigenous people, punishment on ship, and shipboard medicine; and%
Keywords: Huxford, James B; Osborn, Abraham, b. ca 1799; Blue whale; Bowhead whale; Finback whale; Globicephala; Gray whale; Humpback whale; Indigenous people; Killer whale; Punishment; Right whale; Medicine, Naval; Sperm whale; Seafaring life; Voyages and travels; Walrus; Whalers (Persons); Whalers (Persons)--Death; Whales; Whaling--Massachusetts--Edgartown; Whaling masters; Arctic Ocean--Description and travel; Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula)--Description and travel; Guam--Description and travel; Honolulu (Hawaii)--Description and travel; Koloa (Hawaii)--Description and travel; Lahaina (Hawaii)--Description and travel; Maio Island (Cape Verde)--Description and travel; Norfolk Island--Description and travel; Pacific Ocean--Description and travel; Pohnpei Island (Micronesia)--Description and travel; Rarotonga (Cook Islands)--Description and travel; Santa Catarina Island (Brazil)--Description and travel; Illustrations; Logbooks; Profile portraits
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